The White House May 28 said that President Joe Biden will sign an executive order establishing the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and delivering
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Sat. 5/25, 12p: On Women s Focus this week, Carol Boss talks to Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke, President and CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, about the growing violence against Asian Americans despite increased national attention and political action against anti-Asian hate crimes; also, the impact of the recent signing of the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act into law on the Asian community nation-wide.
Carol also talks with Lamia Faruki, a Palestinian, who was born in and grew up in New Mexico. She s a board member of Tomorrow s Women (formerly named Creativity For Peace), which trains and empowers young Israeli and Palestinian women to partner as leaders by transforming anger, prejudice, and conflict to mutual respect and to building peace. They initially come to New Mexico for a 3-week summer camp in northern New Mexico. Given the recent conflict between Israel and Palestine, for whic
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Dale Minami Receives Mineta Lifetime Achievement Award from APAICS
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Famed civil rights attorney Dale Minami accepts the inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Lifetime Achievement Award from APAICS.
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) honored Minami Tamaki LLP (San Francisco) Senior Counsel Dale Minami with the inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Lifetime Achievement Award during its Virtual APAICS 27th Anniversary Awards Gala Dinner on May 13.
The award was renamed this year to reflect the outstanding contributions made by Norman Y. Mineta over a lifetime of public service. “Receiving an award named after one of my heroes is a singular honor,” said Minami.